Rants and raves

MR. CARL, of Savannah River Keeper Inc., is "surprised" to find trash in the Savannah River? If he's such a hot keeper, why didn't he already know? Besides, he's never been elected to keep the river that his group appears to think they, and they alone, own. Maybe he should just quietly watch the river from the perspective of nature rather than politics.

I WOULD LIKE to know how much money the city of Augusta could save if we got rid of Fred Russell. The only thing I've seen him do is propose raising our taxes.

I'M CALLING ABOUT Glenn Hills High School. I don't think Glenn Hills is a bad school, but I think the children that go there need some parents to guide them.

A RAVE FOR a salesman in customer service at Toys "R" Us. My grandson was looking for a Thomas the Train outfit for Halloween and she referred me to another store and I found it and I made him very happy

WE ALREADY HAVE socialism here in the United States. It's called Social Security, and if we're smart, we'll get rid of it finally and quit wasting the taxpayers' money.

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RCR - We've been listening to mouthy nonsense from uninformed, ignorant, lazy, "underserved", folks who think they were born in the mid-1800's for almost 8 years. Now it's your turn. I'm guessing that in about 2 years (if he is still President), you'll be calling him "that whitey-Arab" and disavowing any shared (imagined) racial ties. We don't have to say anything, just sit back and watch the bumbling and stumbling as the token marionette dances around the stage with puppetmasters Pelosi and Reid playing him until they tire of him.

RCR, You're right. It's not that McCain was any better choice then Obama, it's just that Obama is so much worse then McCain. The truth is, not many people voted for McCain, most either voted for Palin or against Obama. Neither was a strong enough message to carry the day. McCain's effort reminded me of Dole's effort. He epitomized the "stick at a gun fight" analogy. Considering Obama's stand on the 2nd amendment and national defense, it's kind of funny.

To the ranter re Social Security--I PAID into that fund, so anything I receive belongs to ME. Social Security is NOT a socialist program...get your #@#@ facts straight. It isn't my fault the government borrowed from the funds set aside and jeopardized future recipients...but I paid my dues. At least today you have a choice, invest in a 401K or Social Security; when I began working, we had no such choice. Perhaps you should discuss your feelings with Obama; he wants to tax your 401K!

It wasn't only that Mable. They added people to the coverage who had not paid in much at all during years that they worked and let the collect the minimum. And they lived much longer than was expected. I will collect on my husband's because he has made so much more money than I have. All that was paid in my name is forever lost to me.

"It's not that McCain was any better choice then Obama, it's just that Obama is so much worse then McCain. " - I don't believe it's possible to contrive a more inane sentence. I have faith in you Bubbas, though. The depths of your ignorance can never be fully plumbed. By the way, the word is THAN.

factchecker, I remember when Eisenhower was selling the military on paying into SS so they could have two retirements. Then along come the DIMocRATS and make a liar out of him and he was President. Of course, we allknow a liar has just been elected so nothing new, I guess.

Don't know if it is true or not but I heard from an accountant that now that the Dems are in control they plan to save Social Security by taking other government retirements you get and subracting it from your SSN payments. So if you are retired military and you get $1100.00 a month and you get 1700.00 a month from SSN you end up getting your $1100.00 from the military and only $600.00 from SSN. I did my 20 years in the military and I payed into SSN all my life. They plan on doing it with teacher and railroad retireees and any other govt employees. We all did our time and payed into SSN too. We should get the full amount of both due us.
Posted by factchecker on Sat Nov 8, 2008 6:11 AM

factchecker: I saw your earlier post and understand you said it is a 'plan.' However, jack's 3:42 PM says that military retired pay is already being 'offset.' That is who my 4:01 PM comment was to. Tujeez's opinion supports jack, but you know what they say about opinions!

Why do you think they(the GOV) ended CSRS and started FERS. They will compute the last dollar payout and shift the balance over to help out Social Security. This money isn't in an Account somewhere, it is a figure equal to the total of contributions plus Interest. Social Security is the Same. Medicare......Ditto. They have long spent our money. If the money WAS in a seperate Account, The funding money wouldn't be included in the Annual Budget Put Out by the GAO. Live and learn, they only SAY that the funds are low so they can cut benefits. The spread sheets are low, no doubt but, if they made a promise to pay you, why should they renig. The funds are not relevant, your income is, especially in your senior years. They are printing paper to bail out the World, so why should the taxpayer take a paycut. Politics as usuall. Don't be a mushroom.